The 49ers start contract talks with Colin Kaepernick… and so far, so good (with a long ways to go)

Yes, amazingly, the 49ers were able to conduct some business at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis last weekend despite the swirling, whirling rumor/speculation/tense reality surrounding their head coach and his future…

To that point: An NFL source indicated to me today that team president Paraag Marathe and Colin Kaepernick’s representatives had a solid start to talks that could eventually lead to a rich new extension for the 49ers QB.

Emphasize “could eventually.”

There are many miles to go on this, of course. Any Kaepernick deal will be very large and any agreement involves many different leaps of faith…

How long a deal will it be? At what salary? How much guaranteed? This could break off on any of those points, at any time, and remember Kaepernick is still under contract for the 2014 season so there’s no great imperative… except to get this settled here and now.

(And to get Kaepernick paid at a proper level.)

But for now, both sides seem to have entered into this optimistically and over the weekend provided each other good reasons to keep going on it.

Kaepernick said during Super Bowl week that he’s open to striking a balance between what he wants and what’s best for the team salary structure, and from what I’ve heard, nothing said over the weekend contradicted that.

Of course, the parameters of “balance” could mean different things to both sides–does that mean Kaepernick will ask for $20M per instead of $22M? Or does it mean he’ll talk about $16M-17M per with steps to get him up to $20M?

Either way, it sounds like $15M to $16M is the floor for an average salary here, which is a lot higher than I originally thought and would bring Kaepernick near the top echelon of QB salaries.

Again, this is no guarantee that this is heading for a multi-year agreement any time soon.

But, unlike say last year with Dashon Goldson–when the 49ers left their first meeting concluding that Goldson was no longer a 49er–these initial talks have given both sides room and incentive to keep going.

Your buddy at comcast.net said that the basement of the extensions starts with Cutlers contract of $18 million. This is long after Kap said he wanted to help the Niners cap situtation out.

Why on earth should the Niners bother to extend him anyways? It is clear that JH is under fire. Why? JH promised a Super Bowl with the switch at QB, and that failed to happen.

JH being under fire = Kap being under fire.

No reason to extend any of them. In fact, it is best to trade them if possible. Come next year the Niners won’t pay Kap what he wants if they lose. And if they win, Kap will expect more than the $18 million he wants now. Kap will walk and the Niners will get nothing then.

Only way out of this is to trade Kap to the highest bidder. Jacksonville would bite I bet.

That Man

If Kaep is worth 17-20mil/yr, harbaugh is worth $10. Don’t be a cheap punk Jed.

Debfan

Ridiculous…

ed

how do you give a player, 1.5 years exp 17-20 mill Harbaugh…regressed as a team last year..no way

ed

9 pro bowlers on this team and they didnt win the division..NO

JimHarbaughsguys

Sorry if the facts are ridiculous. But that is what they are. Your interpretations tells you they are ridiculous, who am I to say otherwise.

But they are the facts. Deal with them. Were you by any chance one of those who flat out denied the whole JH trade thing entirely this whole time? I bet you were.

So, you’re telling me I’m ridiculous. When your stance the entire time was, as we found out, completely wrong. Why should you be right now? When the facts were coming out, you denied them. What makes you more right than me now?

If you want to keep Kap, you’d better be ok dumping a lot of guys who had a lot more to do with our success the past 3 years than Kap did. Keeping in mind of course, that Kap was crap when he didn’t’ have all of his weapons at his disposal this year. So, imagine how he’ll play from here on out without those guys (or the top 3 D) to help him along.

JimHarbaughsguys

9 Pro Bowlers on the team…and not one of them being the QB.

Funny. I recall a lot of comments in 2011/2012 that Alex Smith wasn’t any good and people used the lack of a Pro-Bowl as support of those claims.

The very second Alex makes the Pro-Bowl, it suddenly means absolutely nothing at all. Just a popularity contest they say. Like Alex is more popular than Kap. Right. Gotcha.

Should Kap make the Pro-Bowl next year (won’t happen), these same people who discredit the Pro Bowl will now give it huge importance in measuring the skill of Kap.

JimHarbaughsguys

And if Kap wins the Super Bowl, he will be worth more than $17 million then right?

It is only right. If he is worth that much when he is a Super Bowl loser, it stands that he is worth more as a Super Bowl winner.

I’d say, $25-30 million is about right. Destroy the entire franchise in order to keep little Kap happy and his ego from being wounded? I think not.

Kap, you’re fighting for your job next season. No need at all to give you more money. After all, you’re still signed for another year regardless. Unless we trade you. Then you’re somebody else’s problem.

ed

first year under harbaugh, harbaugh wins coach of the…first year with REID, Reid is coach of the year…what has Kap won for harbaugh?>

JimHarbaughsguys

Add to that the fact that the Niner GM and KC GM won GM of the Year Awards as well in 2011/2013.

Why?
They hired JH/Reid

First thing JH did was get Alex to come back. First thing Reid did was get Alex Smith.

Reid is the QB guru man. He initially looked at Kap, then said “Nahh.” He then targeted Wilson, but Seattle snagged him. So, he settled for Foles.

Man. That guy knows QB’s. JH doesn’t hold a candle next to him. Reid always liked Alex from the start. After 2013, one can see why. Alex was drafted to be a WCO QB when the GB HC was here as our OC. It wasn’t till KC that he got another shot at running the WCO. And he leads the 6th highest scoring team and 5th in redzone TD rate. Something which would have helped us the last 2 playoff losses.

ed

Foles, a rookie, comes in a lites it up in a very complex offense…no delay of games like our Niners…Kap in system for three years, still cant get them in

JimHarbaughsguys

Foles is actually in his 2nd year.

But using the Kappers method of judging players, he only had 6 starts till he took over this year. And he blew the place up with his ability to read a defense and make the accurate pass to the open guy.

Kap won’t ever do that. If he can’t do it by now on a team as good as ours, imagine if he were on the 2005 Niners team. How piss poor would he look then? Or heck. The 2011 Niners as a rookie. No way does he win 13 games. Alex wins at least 12 here in 2012 and 2013. He was 6-2 in 2012 and 11-4 in 2013 on a crappy team (or was before he got there) in KC.

Look at Wilson. He looks so much more poised and polished then Kap does, it isn’t even close. And he doesn’t have the QB guru, JH, helping him out.

ed

my bad…he looked all pro at Philly

JimHarbaughsguys

Yes, he did.

All the more reason to believe a rookie can come on in here, and at the very least play as well as Kap has. The added incentive….we have him signed cheap for 5 more years and he actually will improve his passing game over that time.

Unlike Kap who has never progressed since his scouting report back in college. Every issue he had then, he still has in abundance now. If you never saw it, check it out.

He hasn’t been nearly as tough as the report says. Joe and Steve and Trent and pretty much every ex-QB have said that he needs to stand in the pocket and take more hits to deliver the ball. There were a lot of missed opportunities all year long where he left the pocket to avoid a hit at the cost of not throwing it to the open WR.

NinerSince79

He’s won more playoff games than Alex for Harbaugh.. not to mention, Alex played a trash schedule last season. Go be a KC fan and stop trolling niner articles.

Kareem Muller

Ummm, the NFC?

Tristian

Been saying the same thing for more than a year. When the time comes for Kap to win a game or bail out the defense or beat an elite defensive team he can’t do it. He is very fortunate to have the dedense he has and even the weapons but hebhas yet to take advantage of them unless your d sucks. Alex Smiths d went from best to worst last 7 games and he elevated his play with 17 TDs and 3 picks his last 7 games. Thats dosent include his 4 TD playoff game. Scary to think whats in store for him this year. Harbaugh will always be defined by that decision alone, as he should be. He basically said Alex Smith is the real reason we didnt win the supet bowl. Now whats the reason? Looks like Kap is clearly the reason we haven’t. Fans can’t deny Kaps inability to be clutch especially in postseason. But he gets excuses made for him lile that #18 in Denver. Rediculous

JimHarbaughsguys

The D didn’t allow more than 24 in any game after the 3rd of the season. So, any QB could have won games in SF. The D prevented anybody from ever dominating the game and taking control.

Wilson won more games in his first 2 years than Kap did. And is 1-3 vs Kap. His OL was a mess the entire season, he lacked the big FA signing the entire time (Harvin), yet he produced stats which are better than Kap and more wins than Kap.

Compared to Alex…Kap isn’t close to being worthy of whatever he gets. I read somewhere that Kap only threw TD’s to 3 guys the entire season! Then I checked it out, and it is true! That is pathetic man. Alex threw TD’s to more players in his last game (4) than Kap in 19 games (3).

Then I checked out how common that is. Backup QB’s who played less than 1/2 the season were finding more guys to catch a TD pass than Kap had. The Jags QB found more guys than Kap. And it isn’t like he has the most talent ever assembled around him either.

Kap is a joke of a QB. A hype machine spinning it’s wheels demanding more and producing less. Kap has never brought this team back late with a TD pass. Alex did so vs Detroit and NO with the same talent Kap has. Look at any great/good QB….it doesn’t take them 38 games to do it if they have a good team around them. Kap has since he first stepped foot onto the field. And 38 games in…to have 0 TD’s late to win the game? That isn’t a statistical anomaly. That is who he is. A guy who with the pressure on him, can’t deliver big for the Niners.

Bigmouth

The truth… lol.

The truth is that Smith posted
his career averages pretty much across the board. All the pro bowl
selections in the world are just lipstick on the same QB we’ve known for
years.

Sorry you can’t handle the truth!

Bigmouth

Fighting for your job… trade… lololololol.

Bigmouth

You sure do love RW’s polish lol.

LosCar

I just can’t see committing even $15M per for Kaepernick right now. I’d say more $8-12m with incentives and ability to go back and rework deal if he outplays it. If he wanted to be able to keep team together this would be reasonable. If he is hurt and can’t play 1/8 of your cap is rehabbing.

With any luck at all, the 2014 campaign will be Kaepernicks’ breakout year. After the flash of his first few games, he leveled off and some of the shine disappeared in the dust left by WR injuries, bad draft choices and play-calling that did not use his strengths properly but did give him reps to improve on his weaknesses.
A contract is a given here.
With Harbaugh possibly looking to bolt (taking many of his staff with him) after 2014 and multiple critical players due for free-agency or retirement, 2014 is the year when the 49ers have their best shot at a Super Bowl win.

ed

dosesnt matter..he didnt win

JimHarbaughsguys

You’re disgusting. You know it. You’re not worthy of any more replies.

Bye-Bye now. I don’t much care for your dialogue.

JimHarbaughsguys

Leveled off?

He threw for less than 100 in 2 straight games and under 200 in 10 of them. He posted the worse numbers for a stretch which covered nearly have the season since Alex back when the Niners flat out sucked. All while being on a Super Bowl contending team.

That isn’t leveling off. That is non-existent. Injuries happen to every team. New faces come and go. Look at Brady and Alex. Whole new WR cores. Didn’t make them play wretchedly.

Bigmouth

I’m sorry the truth disgusts you lol.

Bigmouth

Alex Smith’s 2013
Completion %: 60.6
Yards/Attempt: 6.5

Alex Smith’s Career:
Completion %: 59.5
Yards/Attempt: 6.6

Now that’s what I call leveling off lol!

Utah 49er

I’m getting tired of seeing the whole Kap can’t go through progressions or read defenses. He can. He has the ability. If you watch during the 2012 season he was making tough throws look easy and he was making the reads that everyone is saying he can’t make. In the New England game in Foxborough he threw 4 tds and on 3 of those I remember the announcers praising Kap for looking off safeties and his reads. He has the ability to read and we all see the ceiling he has. He’s worth keeping.

Differences I saw in 2013.
1. Crabtree was hurt and missed most of the season. That’s his favorite target. Also outside of Boldin and Davis there was almost zero help.

2. The play calling was very conservative compared to the end of 2012 when it was very aggressive and explosive. It looked as though the coaches were trying to only give Kap one read. Like they didn’t want to overwhelm him.

3. The offensive line wasn’t nearly as good in pass protection in 2013 compared to 2012. In 2012 Kap had more time than in 2013.

With all that being said Kap does have a lot to work on. He needs to improve how fast he goes through his progressions. He needs to work on his footwork from the pocket. He needs to improve but let’s not be ridiculous and say he needs to go. Remember even in a “slump” season for him he threw 21 tds and only 8 ints. Most young qbs that “struggle” throw less tds and more ints. He does need to conquer his demons in Seattle but he is getting better and will continue to do so.

Last of all, save the Alex Smith talk. I live in the state where he played his college ball and people think he is like God here and hate Kaepernick for taking over for him. I get bashed daily for being a 49ers fan because of the whole thing. He’s a good QB but not what Kap is going to be. He only went to the pro bowl because other guys didn’t. Plus if he played in the NFC like Kap does he would never sniff the pro bowl just like he didn’t in his time with SF. Alex is average.

Mahmoud Mousavidehshikh

Teams win super bowls, not individuals…..This team is well rounded, and might I say that Kaepernick is NOT the strongest link. I like CK7 a lot, but our strength has always come from our front 7 and more specifically, our LB’s….Kaep should get between 12-15 a year and not a cent more. I would actually favour the lower end of that range, to be quite honest. This team does need a magical QB to win a SB or even be dominant…..we just need a QB that makes good decisions, and as recent history suggests, CK has to fine tune that aspect of his game. His ceiling is unlimited, but he has not hit anywhere close to that ceiling yet.

I’m basically agreeing with you….:), but I would give him an extension…..we’ve invested too much into him and let go a very good QB in A. Smith….CK is our guy going forward, IMO.

Mahmoud Mousavidehshikh

We need to absolutely sign Harbaugh NOW! We need to put all these rumours and crap to bed! This man has done nothing but bleed for this organization…PAY COACH NOW!!!

We also need to give Kaepernick an extension now. If we do so now, we can do it at a discounted rate. The reasoning is simple. He’s only due to make a million this year……thus, if we extend him now, it will give us a less severe cap hit in the future, as the early extension should save a few million per year (since it’s done 1 year early, that counts and you can do the math and figure it out).

We need to cut Rodgers (I like him and wish we would have won a Sb with him, but it’s time to sever ties), let Brown walk……and keep Whitner!!

If we can figure out a way to extend Crabtree now, then do it…..if not, wait till next year and figure it out.

This team has all the pieces in place already. If it weren’t for horrific reffing in the NFC title game, we would have went to the SB in back to back years…..we let Rodgers and Brown go, sign Boldin, Whitner, and extend Kaep…..Then use the draft to get some WR, DL, and CB’s…..Odell Beckham please!

Kaepernick should get a deal in the neighbourhood of 12-16 million per year……You can’t compare every deal to the Cutler deal, because obviously the Cutler deal was a MISTAKE. Also, Harbaugh and SF invested a lot in Kaep and got rid of a proven commodity in A. Smith…..that has to count for something, because CK could still be watching right now and no one would know about him or even give him a decent sized contract……

First priority, though, is give Harbaugh a big fat extension and put all this garbage in the media to rest…..it’s not good and it can’t be healthy for the players, coaches, or organization as a whole.

Richard Wagner

Really? I did and this is what I saw: First play against the 49ers the last 2 games they played R.W. coughed up the ball. Intentional groundings running the wrong way and chucking it, 103 yards against the Saints in the play offs, and in the SB when the score was 29-0 had less than 100 yards passing and was 0-2 in the red zone. I like R.W. he’s a SB winning very good QB but the reg. season #s are close (11 yards a game passing advantage Wilson, 2 more TD’s overall, 1 more int. for R.W. ) And 3 of 4 losses came with out Vernon, and all 4 without Crabtree, team got outrushed in 3 of 4 losses (Saints game the exception, lost that one on a garbage call). Kaps QB rating higher than Joe Montana’s career rating which was the highest when he retired, Steve Young became the 49ers starter when he was 29 and was 33 when he won his only SB after playing a year in the USFL, 2 years at Tampa Bay and sitting 4 years learning behind G.O.A.T. J.M. and being taught to be a pocket QB by the greatest football mind ever Bill Walsh. Joe Montana’s career road playoff record? 1-3. Steve Young’s? 0-3. Russell? 1-1. Kaps? 3-1. BTW Kap had a better QB rating than Brady, Luck, Smith, Cam, RGIII, Cutler, this year. Kaps rating was top10. Kaps QBR rating highest of anyone starting at least 29 games (including Wilson, Brady, Manning , Rodgers, etc… Anyone ) in the last 10 years. So maybe Wilson is better but it’s because of the most important tangible of all. He’s got a ring. And Kap doesn’t. Like Peyton does and Dan Marino doesn’t. And for the record Kap outplayed Brees and Manning in this years playoffs against Seattle accounting for 92% of the 49ers offense ( another playoff record ) in a game Gore only had 14 yards. Kap share’s in the blame for that loss but really was the only reason offensively the 49ers were in the game. And while Kap has really 5 memorable games in the playoffs ; A record 181 yards rushing 262 passing against G.B., Coming back from 18 to beat Atlanta on the road to get to the S.B., losing by 3 after being down 22 to the Ravens in the S.B., going into freezing G.B. and again out playing Rogers and winning on a last minute drive, and rushing for 130 yards and falling 1 play short on the road against the best team and best D in football. Russell has played well just haven’t seen him have to try and carry his team. And I like Alex too but trying to compare 7 year starter Alex to rookie Kap is biased at best

Richard Wagner

based on your logic Foles is a bigger failure than Kap since in his second year lost his only Playoff game while Kap got the 49ers to the S.B. in his second year.

JimHarbaughsguys

1. Wilson was without most of his starting OL for the whole year. He didn’t just miss 1 guy. He missed 3 to 4 in almost every game.

2. Wilson was without Harvin the whole year basically. Their new #1 weapon, and they still dominated games. The fact that Davis was out in those losses…and Kap didn’t find other WR’s to catch TD’s is precisely the problem.

Kap had TD passes to 3 guys all year long!!! That is it! Alex had 4 TD’s to 4 different guys in 1 game alone. When Charles, who is responsible for like 30-40% of their offense went down (who was their #1 WR), did it cripple Alex? Nope. He managed to put up 44 points. All of them after Charles got hurt.

And when Crab came back, did he win any game? He sure didn’t do it vs Seattle. Just like vs Baltimore.

And who was open when Kap chose to go to Crab in both of those games? Davis was. You know. They guy who makes the clutch catch. Not the guy who complains to the refs.

Kap was rated 11/12 in the playoffs. That is how good he is. Alex was rated 1st. Wilson 2nd. You want a playoff QB to show up…Alex is that guy. Kap isn’t. Last year, Wilson drove his team late in the game vs Atalanta to take the lead with a TD. Kap has never done that.

Who cares how many yards rushing Kap had. Notice he had 85 yards rushing in the game up there earlier. What did that get him? The Niners lost. The QB’s job is to pass the ball. Wilson is just as good as Kap is at running it. Notice how many plays he makes coming off of him running…to pass the ball. Not to run it?

When Kap has to pass to win a game, he has failed. Not once. Not twice. But in every instance. With the game hanging in the balance, Kap fails. Carolina home game. Super Bowl. NO game last year.

PS If Kap starts 16 games in 2014, he will have exactly as many starts as Alex did before JH. And Alex hasn’t started anywhere near 7 years worth of games (112). Alex after 3 years in the NFL had 32 starts (9 on the worse Niner team in history and 4 after he was critically injured). As of now, counting playoff games, Alex has had 98 games played. If he started all this time and played the whole time as you suggest (7 years), he’d have 144 games by now. So basically 46 fewer games, or 2.5 seasons worth. You are comparing a guy with 6 seasons worth of games vs a guy with 2.5 seasons worth. Not 9 vs 3.

Look over those games played stats for a bit. Alex is playing better than Kap is now. Wilson has more wins than anybody ever in their first 2 years. Wilson took over a 7-9 team. Kap took over a 19-5 team.

Richard Wagner

Wow you would think that since your guy already has a ring you wouldn’t embellish stats to gain favor. But you did. Russell is rated #2 nowhere in the playoffs his QB rating was 4th behind Alex , Rivers, and Foles,. His yards per game at under 175 was 11th out of 12 (Kap was 8th) and if you add his rushing yards which you feel are pointless Kap had the second most yards of all QB’s trailing only first ballot HOFer Manning with 813 yards or 273 yards per game a bit more than Wilsons 188 yards per game in the playoffs as well as you know the NFL came out and said the Bowman play shoud have correctly been called a int., His QBR rating was 8th behind Kap who was second behind Alex who only had a pool of …..1 game because he to needed to make 1 more play and didn’t. Man you Seahawk fans are funny. I can say I like your guy (Wilson) on a 49er story, say Kap deserves some of the blame for the loss against Seattle (who I admitted was the best team with the best D) and because I defend Kap with stats you lie about your guys stats or just ignore your guys stats. You guys are the champs. Congrats

Richard Wagner

Wilson also has played 8 more games than Kap in his first 2 years. In fact Wilsons record for 32 games is a impressive 24-8 (11-5 in 2012, 13-3 in 2013) and Kap trails him by 7 games with a 17-6-1 record (5-2-1 in 2012, 12-4 in 2013) but should Kap go 7-1 in his next 8 he would have a higher winning record which is not so far fetched considering the Niners had 2 winning streaks of 5 or more including the last 6 games of the season (1 of them against Seattle) and 2 road playoff wins for a winning streak of 8. Again it factually is closer than you will honestly admit.

ed

wow….way to figure that out…wrong..you realize nick foles was the highest rated passer in the ENTIRE nfl last year…You also realize that Teams win games and not the qB…you realize the foles doesnt play defense for the eagles…..You realize you rarely saw a kapernick passing highlight on any new show, but we sure saw alot of nick foles.

ed

ah another numbers guy talking out his butt….have you ever seen joe montanas number s in the superbowls..take a look…the best ever.. and when was that, in the biggest games of the year.. the superbowls…..please look at all the qbs in this years playoffs…there are twelve. now playoffs are the most important games, they are win or go home…let me see, you boy kap was ranked 11th and of 12… do we really need to go through the numbers …but with the eye test, we saw him fail to produce on four downs in the redzone against baltimore in the superbowl and again in the NFC championship..do you want more

ed

and the only thing that matters is Seattle got the ring.. not a seahawk fan, just not a kap fan… and really they couldnt even win their division with 8 pro bowlers

ed

and kap was 11th out of 12, only behind andy dalton…and how do you say it…in the biggest quarter of his life, he choked.3 turnovers in eleven minutes…speaks volumes….

Richard Wagner

Except those #’s are a lie. Why? Don’t use fake numbers then. He asn’t ranked 11 out of 12 on anything. R.W. averaged 174 yards a game in the playoffs. He “managed” his team well. And those #’s are actually performances and count whether they are good (3-1 on the road 181yards rushing etc…) or bad (3 turnovers)You realize he (Kap ) was the highest rated QB for the year on 3rd downs? And how bout looking at Montana (who I called the GOAT) stats on the road or even in the catch game (3 picks). Yeah I (and Kap) agree he bares some responsibility for that loss but also deserves some responsibility for the wins. And I wasn’t even arguing that Kap was better than Wilson only that it was closer than written. The difference was 1 play. A play R.W. had no part in because he didn’t have to make one.

I believe there is a problem with the way Colin Kaepernick plays football.
Follow me along:
He’s a physically gifted p[layer. I’m willing to bet he’s always been that way, even pee wee.
So instead of thinking his way through the game, he just moves.
Because that’s always worked.
Looked at in that light he’s not quite the sure bet he seems because it looks like he still moves rather than think.

Richard Wagner

But that doesn’t apply to Kap? And Kap second in the playoffs in QBR behind Smitrh ahead of Foles and Wilson.And I saw plenty of highlights of Kap not many of R.W. Comprehension and honesty seem to be a problem for you.

Richard Wagner

And second in QBR ahead of Foles and Wilson. Behind only Alex who played only one game.

Richard Wagner

Look up QBR for playoffs I realize you probably don’t want the truth but here it is: Alex 81.9 first Kap 77.4 second, Foles 75.9 fourth, Wilson 53.8 8th. BTW you said QBR. Not sure you can read.

ed

qbr highly debated, new, and still being tweaked was invented by espn to determine probability and expectations. it has a clutch factor, so if you watch the superbowl and nfc championship game, Kap failed miserably. if you look at the link i sent you, its the industry stand..sorry kap was 11 out of 12 his rating was a meager 74..but you can see that …im not sure you can understand that count from the top and you can see he is 11..take of your shoes, count your toes and add one…

ed

look at his playoff rating this year….he was 11 out of 12 playoff qbs

Darren35

I do not want a long term for CK. If he cannot pass 4000 yards and establish passing with his WRs, he has to go. I am tired of his running with the football. I don’t want what worked for him in NCAA, hello, this is the NFL, N F L, Not for Long if CK can’t adapt to being a QB. look what running did to RG 3, you want to be like RG and blow out both knees? I have never liked CK for he has not proven he’s the future. I’m not against the tattoos, but I’m tired of the issue and I hate ‘Kaepernicking.’ Don’t need a Kurt Warner talking about faith on the team, we need a QB that can pass the ball. I also want Harbaugh to quit the sideline antics and just coach. Get rid of Baalke and Roman too.